A method, a device and a system for vehicle power battery auxiliary equilibrium is provided. The method includes: determining a degree value of a power battery inconsistency problem by a cloud platform according to data of the power battery; and according to the degree value of the power battery inconsistency problem, triggering by the cloud platform an auxiliary equilibrium charging strategy to be issued to a charging device, so that the charging device charges the power battery according to the issued auxiliary equilibrium charging strategy. According to the embodiments of the present application, it is possible to assist the equilibrium function of a vehicle-side battery management system, repair the power battery inconsistency problem, increase the full-power mileage of the electric vehicles, extend the service life of the power battery, and reduce the cost of using the vehicle. It does not affect the user’s daily vehicle use experience.

An electric vehicle includes a controller configured to receive sensor feedback from a high voltage storage device and from a low voltage storage device, compare the sensor feedback to operating limits of the respective high and low voltage storage device, determine, based on the comparison a total charging current to the high voltage storage device and to the low voltage storage device and a power split factor of the total charging current to the high voltage device and to the low voltage device, and regulate the total power to the low voltage storage device and the high voltage storage device based on the determination.

A vehicle includes an electrified propulsion system powered by a traction battery over an electrical distribution system (EDS) and a controller programmed to monitor at least one of a current flow and a temperature at a plurality of locations throughout the EDS. The controller is also programmed to implement at least one mitigation action over a predetermined time window in response to detecting a filtered current value exceeding a threshold.

An electrified vehicle includes a motor connected to wheels and configured to perform regenerative braking at the wheels, a battery configured to store regenerative electric power output by the motor through the regenerative braking, and a controller configured to control the regenerative braking such that a braking torque applied to the wheels is less than or equal to a maximum braking torque and the regenerative electric power output by the motor is lower than or equal to a maximum regenerative electric power. The controller is configured to be able to change the maximum regenerative electric power and, when the controller has changed the maximum regenerative electric power, change the maximum braking torque.

A battery load management system and methods of managing a battery load, e.g., in a vehicle, may be directed to a converter that steps down electrical power from an input voltage to a reduced voltage. An electrical bus in electrical communication with the converter may be configured to supply electrical power received from the converter at the reduced voltage to a plurality of electrical loads. A controller may be configured to detect a load shed trigger, and in response to the detection select one or more low-priority loads included in the plurality of electrical loads. The controller may also be configured to reduce electrical power consumption by the one or more low-priority loads.

The present disclosure discloses a system for vehicle battery life diagnosis, the system comprised of a measuring unit which is installed inside a vehicle and measures a state of charge change and a temperature of a vehicle battery, a calculating unit which calculates battery relaxation voltage when a battery power line is cut off, and a diagnosis unit which uses the state of charge change and temperature measured at the measuring unit and the battery relaxation voltage calculated at the calculating unit to diagnose battery life and status.

A thermal management device for a battery pack 104 of an UAV is disclosed. The thermal management device 100 comprises an insulating enclosure 102 that is made of a material comprising at least an EPP foam for enclosing the battery pack 104, and one or more heating coils 110. The heating coils 110 are electrically powered from an external power source 112 for pre-heating the insulating enclosure 102 to a predefined temperature before flight of the UAV. The EPP foam of the insulating enclosure 102 provides high thermal insulation for retaining the heat of the insulating enclosure 102 for heating the battery pack 104 and maintaining the temperature of the battery pack 104 above a threshold temperature when the UAV flies in a sub-zero ambience temperature. The insulating enclosure 102 with the one or more heating coils 110 are configured to provide uniform heat distribution across the battery pack 104.

Improvements in computer-based energy asset management technologies are provided. An energy asset management system with a data summarization mechanism can perform computations, for example relating to controlling the assets, which may include electric vehicles (EVs), with fewer computing resources. Further, the system can perform computations on large datasets where such computations would have otherwise been impractical with conventional systems due to the size of the data. A large dataset relating to the energy asset management system is reduced using the summarization mechanism, and a computation model is trained using the reduced dataset. Energy assets in the system may be controlled using the trained computational model. Assets may include EVs, and controlling the EVs may be based on generated predictions relating to charging interactions. The predictions may be based on road traffic information and/or weather related information. Further, the computational model may include an optimizer for scheduling charging interactions of EVs.

A vehicle battery diagnosis method and system are provided. A controller completes charging a battery by stopping supply of current from a charger to the battery. The controller measures a relaxation voltage corresponding to a decrement of a voltage of the battery during a predetermined time period directly after the charging of the battery is completed. The controller estimates the state of health (SoH) of the battery in accordance with the relaxation voltage.

The present invention includes a battery maintenance device for performing maintenance on battery packs of hybrid and/or electrical vehicles (referred herein generally as electric vehicles). In various embodiments, the device includes one or more loads for connecting to a battery pack for use in discharging the battery pack, and/or charging circuitry for use in charging the battery pack. Input/output circuitry can be provided for communicating with circuitry of in the battery pack and/or circuitry of the vehicle.